Table 3.
Spearman correlations, means, and SDs for study variables.
| Variables | Mean (SD) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Maternal feeding practices: | |||||||||
| Food as rewarda | 1 | - | 1.68 (0.75) | ||||||
| Restriction for healtha | 2 | 0.22*** | - | 3.08 (1.00) | |||||
| Restriction for weight controla | 3 | 0.18*** | 0.37*** | - | 1.66 (0.64) | ||||
| Child behaviors and BMI: | |||||||||
| Low appetitea | 4 | 0.05 | 0.02 | −0.05 | - | 2.52 (1.08) | |||
| Eating in the absence of hungera | 5 | 0.18*** | 0.38*** | 0.04 | −0.07 | - | 3.10 (0.86) | ||
| Child inhibitory controlb | 6 | −0.09* | −0.16*** | −0.07 | 0.04 | −0.15*** | - | 5.06 (1.01) | |
| Child BMI z-score | 7 | 0.08 | 0.10* | 0.17*** | −0.19*** | 0.09* | −0.07 | - | −0.22 (1.49) |
a
Answer scale ranges from 1 to 5.
b
Answer scale ranges from 1 to 7.
*
Significance level: p<0.05;
***
Significance level: p<0.001.